Catalan parties propose former leader as president (Update)
The two main pro-independence parties in the Spanish region of Catalonia have agreed to back former leader Carles Puigdemont as candidate for regional head, raising...
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Spanish court rejects release for jailed Catalan separatist Junqueras
Spain’s supreme court ordered on Friday that Catalan separatist leader Oriol Junqueras must remain in custody after over two months in prison while authorities investigate...
Spanish PM calls for Catalan parliament to be formed on Jan 17
Spain‘s prime minister said on Friday that the new Catalan parliament should hold its maiden session on Jan 17, the first step in reinstating local...
Catalan separatists win vote, crisis re-ignited (Update)
Separatists looked set on Friday to regain power in Catalonia after voters rejected Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s attempt to neuter its independence movement, instead...
Catalan separatists win election in rebuke to Spain and EU
Catalonia’s separatists look set to regain power in the wealthy Spanish region after local elections on Thursday, deepening the nation’s political crisis in a sharp...
Spain ‘likely to seek arrest of ousted Catalan leader’ (Update)
Spanish courts are likely to issue a European arrest warrant for former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont after he failed to appear at a Spanish court...
Ousted Catalan leader ‘will not return to Spain to testify’
A lawyer for dismissed Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, due to appear in a Spanish court this week to answer charges relating to Catalonia’s push for...
Ousted Catalan leader accepts new election (Update)
Catalonia’s ousted leader Carles Puigdemont said on Tuesday he accepted the snap election called by Spain‘s central government after Madrid took control of the region to...
Direct rule enforced in Catalonia, elections accepted (Update 3)
Spain’s direct rule over Catalonia took hold smoothly on Monday as employees ignored calls for civil disobedience to turn up for work, and secessionist parties...
Spain sacks Catalan government after independence declaration (Update 6)
The Madrid government sacked Catalonia’s president and dismissed its parliament on Friday, hours after the region declared itself an independent nation in Spain’s gravest political crisis...
Catalonia’s leader rules out snap election, crisis deepens
Catalonia‘s leader Carles Puigdemont on Thursday said he would not hold a new regional election to break the deadlock between Madrid and separatists wanting to...
Catalan leader ‘can’t solve crisis by calling elections’ (Update)
Catalonia’s leader cannot solve its political crisis with Madrid just by calling regional elections, Spain’s justice minister said on Tuesday, dampening hopes of a quick...
Catalonia warns of civil defiance as Madrid readies direct rule
Catalonia said on Monday it was confident all officials including police would defy attempts by Madrid to enforce direct rule on the region, in an escalating...
Spain plans to force Catalonia into Jan elections – opposition
The Spanish government has secured opposition support to dissolve Catalonia’s parliament and hold new elections there in January in an effort to defuse the regional...
‘We’re not Catalonia’: Italy’s separatists tread softly toward autonomy
As nervous investors retreat from Catalonia, afraid the wealthy region may secede from Spain, another European region whose politicians once campaigned for independence is looking...
Catalonia to press ahead with independence if Madrid suspends autonomy
Catalonia’s leader pledged to press ahead with his independence bid if Spain moves to suspend the region’s autonomy, a regional government source said on Wednesday,...
Catalonia standoff set to intensify as leaders take hard lines
Spain’s political showdown with Catalonia is set to reach a new level on Thursday when political leaders in Madrid and Barcelona are expected to make...
Catalonia refuses to renounce independence
Catalonia refused on Tuesday to bow to the Spanish government’s demand that it renounce a symbolic declaration of independence, setting it on a political collision course...
Spain High Court jails two Catalan separatist leaders
Spain moved closer on Monday to imposing central rule over Catalonia to thwart its independence push as Madrid’s High Court signalled a hardening line by...
Spain gives Catalan leader 8 days to drop independence
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Wednesday gave the Catalan government eight days to drop an independence bid, failing which he would suspend the Catalonia’s...